MERRILL SPARAGO
Psychiatric at Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

8286967, Oct 16, 2012

Apr 29, 2011

13/097225

Merrill Sparago - Los Angeles CA, US

Score Gaming LLC - Los Angeles CA

A63F 1/001

273292

A card game of Blackjack including a novel side wager. If a Player has made the side wager, two dice are rolled. If the sum of the two rolled dice is 2, 3 or 12, the side bet is automatically lost similar to the Come-Out roll in the game of craps. If the dice sum is 7 or 11, the side bet is automatically won. If the dice sum is anything other, a Point is established. As in traditional Blackjack, each Player is dealt two cards face up, and the Dealer is dealt two cards—one face up. A Player wins the side bet if one of their dealt cards has a face value equal to the Point, or if the sum of their dealt cards equals the Point. Several variations on the basic game method are described. According to one variation, the side wager is resolved uniformly for all Players that have made the optional side wager based on the Dealer's initial up card or on the Dealer's first two cards when both are revealed. The invention may be implemented as a live table game in conjunction with the card game Blackjack, or in electronic implementations were the cards, playing surface, and dice are simulated on a display screen through the action of a non-transitory computer readable medium coded with instructions and executed by a processor.

2012015, Jun 21, 2012

Dec 16, 2011

13/328462

Merrill Sparago - Los Angeles CA, US

SCORE GAMING, LLC - Los Angeles CA

A63F 1/00

273292

A dice-less craps game wherein the dealer removes three cards from a shuffling machine containing cards having only Ace-six values. The three cards are placed face down on designated locations on the playing surface with markings one, two and three for each respective card. A player selects two of the cards to be turned over. The sum of the two exposed cards are summed and the total treated as the outcome of the roll. An optional side wager can be made and won if the cards that are turned over match the number of their respective designated locations. Another optional side wager can be based on the number of sevens a player rolls in a round.

2013031, Nov 21, 2013

May 15, 2013

13/894544

Merrill Sparago - Los Angeles CA, US

Score Gaming LLC - Los Angeles CA

G07F 17/32

463 25

An electronic wagering game adapting any style of solitaire to a slot machine type format. An electronic representation of a standard deck of fifty-two playing cards is used to deal an initial hand of twenty-eight Tableau cards and twenty-four Side Cards. The Tableau cards are placed into seven columns according to the traditional manner. The player plays the initial hand according to the rules of the particular style of solitaire, for example Klondike-style, and is awarded credits, bonus games or other tokens of a value if at least one exposed card matches a predetermined criteria.

8413989, Apr 9, 2013

Nov 16, 2011

13/297745

Merrill Sparago - Los Angeles CA, US

Score Gaming LLC - Los Angeles CA

A63F 1/00

273292, 463 12

The invention relates to a modified blackjack game between a dealer and at least one player. After placing initial wagers, three cards are dealt to each player and two cards dealt to the dealer. The game design allows players to either retain their initial three cards for play as a game hand, or divide their cards into separate game hands. Dividing cards into separate hands requires additional wagers. Players may play their one or more game hands by standing or hitting to reach a hand that is higher than the dealers without exceeding twenty-one. Players may divide their initial three card hand in any fashion that will provide them with the best opportunity to obtain a game hand under the conventional rules of blackjack.

2013026, Oct 3, 2013

Mar 29, 2013

13/853340

Merrill Sparago - Los Angeles CA, US

Score Gaming LLC - Los Angeles CA

G07F 17/32

463 12

A Blackjack style card game played with at least one standard deck of 52 playing cards. A player places a main wager and a side wager, and is then dealt two initial cards. The player may elect to receive additional cards into their hand per the traditional rules of Blackjack. If the sum of the player hand exceeds 21, the player's main wager is forfeited to the house. The player may elect to activate their side wager, and then choose one card to discard from their hand so as to reformulate the sum of their hand. After the dealer plays their hand, the player's side wager is resolved by comparing the sum of the dealer's hand to the reformulated sum of the player's hand, and settling the player's side wager accordingly.

2009005, Feb 26, 2009

Aug 22, 2007

11/843623

Merrill Sparago - Los Angeles CA, US

A63F 1/00

273236

A modified game of blackjack includes a side wager made available if the dealer's two-card hand equals ten or eleven. The side wager is betting on the third dealer's card being an “any ten” card: ten, jack, queen or king. The side wager is resolved independently of the main game. The timing of the side wager makes it attractive to players while the odds favor the house. The side wager is preferably paid at 2:1. Modifications of the side wager that pay at higher ratios are also disclosed.

2012013, Jun 7, 2012

Nov 29, 2011

13/306270

Merrill Sparago - Los Angeles CA, US

SCORE GAMING LLC - Los Angeles CA

A63F 9/04

273274

A method of playing craps includes a come out roll establishing a point followed by resolution of the point by subsequent rolls attempting to roll the established point prior to rolling a seven. The method includes the steps of: (a) placing a side wager selected from the group consisting of an odd, even, hard, or combination thereof; (b) rolling the come out roll; (c) rolling additional rolls until the outcome results in a point being established; (d) rolling additional rolls until the established point is made resolving the point as a win in favor of wagers placed on a pass line or a seven is rolled resolving the point as a loss to those wagers; and (e) paying out the side wagers if the point is resolved in favor of the player or collecting the wagers if the point is resolved in a loss.

8313366, Nov 20, 2012

Mar 29, 2012

13/433466

Merrill Sparago - Los Angeles CA, US

Score Gaming LLC - Los Angeles CA

A63F 1/00

463 13, 273292, 273274

A card game played on an electronic gaming machine between a game machine/dealer and one or more players. Each player is dealt one card. Three community cards (Flop cards) are dealt and, in succession, compared to each player's card according to the rules of War. A fourth community card (Turn card) is revealed, along with a single dealer card. The player's final hand must outrank the dealer's final hand and achieve at least a preset Poker ranking in order to win a mandatory wager. A second Raise portion of the player's wager is won if the player's card combined with the four community cards form a predetermined poker hand ranking. In a variation of the game method, one Bet the Hole wager is resolved according to the rules of War.